Jerusalem Many Israelis are not surprised that the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbolla in Lebanon appeared to be about to end this week.
The ceasefire agreement from last week was allegedly broken by both parties. At least ten people were killed by Israeli strikes on two villages in southern Lebanon on Monday night, according to the country’s Health Ministry. That followed an earlier attack by Hezbollah on Israeli military installations in the contested Shebaa Farms, which the terrorist organization claimed was a retribution for many violations of the ceasefire.
Although Israel claims to have succeeded in its military objectives of weakening Hezbollah, the ceasefire that went into effect on November 27 did not, in its opinion, address a significant systemic problem: How to ensure that Iran’s most potent proxy group, Hezbollah, does not threaten Israel with an incursion similar to the Hamas terrorist attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which claimed 1,200 lives and resulted in 251 kidnappings?
Limor Ben-Avi, 47, has been staying in motels in Eilat and Tiberias since she left her home in the border city of Kiryat Shimona 14 months ago. Even before this war, the mother of twin 6-year-olds claims she had adapted to the threat posed by the missiles that had flashed across the sky from Lebanon.
Her calculations were altered by the Hamas strike on October 7.
Nothing will help you, not even a shelter. She spoke to the concern that Hezbollah might send fighters across the border in the same manner that Hamas did, saying, “What scares us more than the missiles is the thought that they had a plan to conquer Kiryat Shimon.” It’s the notion that they might enter our house one day and carry out their actions against the folks in the south.
Given that the truce partially depends on Lebanon’s struggling and feeble military to enforce compliance, Ben-Avi continued, “I can’t rely on the Lebanese army to protect us from Hezbollah.”
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